Andrew Duffy, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery (Gastrointestinal); Associate Program Director, Surgical Residency; Director, Yale Surgical Skills and Simulation Center


Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Cancer Center, Yale(

Gastrointestinal Motility Program)

Surgery: Gastrointestinal/General Surgery: Yale Bariatric Surgery Program | Bariatric Surgery Program

Research Interests

surgical skills training; virtual reality surgical simulation; clinical outcomes for bariatrics; hernia; colon surgery


Clinical Interests

Advanced laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery; laparoscopic colon surgery for colon cancer or diverticulitis; laparoscopic bariatric surgery for morbid obesity; laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery; laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; laparoscopic surgery for reflux and achalasia; laparoscopic Nissen; laparoscopic Heller myotomy; laparoscopic splenectomy; laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair; laparoscopic repair of abdominal-wall hernias; laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias; gall bladder, gall stones, cholecystectomy, gall stone pancreatitis; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis, appendicitis


Education

  • BS, Boston College, 1992
  • M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1996